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This flagship 22-minute newscast debuted in 1956, just four years after CBC Television itself. In 1982, it was the first newscast to jump from the 11 p.m. to a 10 p.m. prime-time slot. Followed by a new show called The Journal, The National soon became "must-hour" viewing for over 1.5 million Canadians. But a 1993 gamble proved disastrous when Prime Time News replaced the show in a 9 p.m. timeslot. It was bumped back to 10 p.m. a year later and renamed The National in 1995. Its anchors number among the country's top journalists, including Larry Henderson, Earl Cameron, Stanley Burke, Warren Davis, Lloyd Robertson, Peter Kent, Knowlton Nash and Peter Mansbridge.
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2008 leaders' debate (highlights)

Broadcast Date: Oct. 1, 2008

Top of the agenda for the 2008 leaders' debate is the economy as Canadians go to the polls in the midst of a global recession. Two rookie federal leaders are in the mix: Elizabeth May of the Green Party and the new Liberal leader, Stéphane Dion, whose Green Shift plan comes under attack from Conservative leader Stephen Harper. But it's Harper himself who mostly takes fire – for cuts to arts funding, his environmental record and proposed tough sentences for violent young offenders. As Canadians head to the polls yet again, the CBC's Paul Hunter sums up the 2008 debate.

2008 leaders' debate (highlights)

• Despite introducing and passing a 2007 law in Parliament that fixed the date of the next election to Oct. 19, 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an election on Sept. 7, 2008. Citing the "dysfunctional" nature of Parliament, he sought a stronger mandate from Canadians by setting the election for Oct. 14, 2008.

• When the results came in, Harper had indeed won a stronger mandate, but not the majority he sought. The Conservatives finished with 143 seats (an improvement from 127 in 2006), the Liberals won 66, Bloc Quebecois had 49, and the NDP finished with 37 seats.

• Liberal leader Stéphane Dion resigned from his post days after the election. After a period of jostling between Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae to replace him, Ignatieff was declared interim leader in December 2008 and ratified as such in May 2009.

2008 leaders' debate (highlights)

Medium: Television

Program: The National

Broadcast Date: Oct. 1, 2008

Guest(s): Stéphane Dion, Gilles Duceppe, Stephen Harper, Jack Layton, Elizabeth May


Reporter: Paul Hunter

Duration: 3:28

Last updated:
Sept. 4, 2009


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